NameSamuel Razor
Birthabt 1799, Nicholas Co., Kentucky
Death15 Nov 1859, Rowan Co., Kentucky
FatherHenry Razor (1771-1869)
MotherElizabeth “Betsy” Gaunts (1775-<1850)
Marriageabt 1839, Fleming Co., Kentucky
SpouseSarah “Sally” McDaniel
Birth25 May 1809, Fleming Co., Kentucky
Death2 Dec 1890, Rowan Co., Kentucky
BurialSlaty Point Cemetery, Rowan Co., Ky
Children
Birth30 May 1844, Fleming Co., Kentucky
Death19 Jan 1929, Farmers, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Notes for Samuel Razor
The annual deaths report from the Rowan Co., Ky clerk to the Kentucky state auditor lists Samuel Razor, age 63, married, farmer, died 15 Sep 1859 in Rowan Co., residence Rowan Co., born in Nicholas Co., parents Henry & Betsy Razor, cause of death diabetis.

The U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedule for 1860 records Samuel Razor, age 62, married, died Nov 1859 in Rowan Co., Ky, cause of death diabeties.

His gravestone is inscribed Sam Razor, aged 63, died 15 Nov 1859.
Notes for Sarah “Sally” McDaniel
Dates of birth and death are from her gravestone.
Census Notes for Samuel & Sarah “Sally” (Family)
1850 census of Fleming Co., Ky, division 2, enumerated 19 Aug, lists on p. 20 as family #126:
Samuel Razor, 51, farmer; Sally, 41; Henry, 10; Jackson, 8; Elizabeth G., 6. Eliza Richey, 17. All born in Kentucky.

1860 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Morehead precinct, enumerated 14 Aug, lists on pp. 45-46 as family #353/359:
Sally Razor, 51, farmer; Henry, 20; Jackson, 18; Elizabeth, 15; Martha, 10. All born in Kentucky.

1870 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Cross Roads precinct & P.O., enumerated 29 June, lists on p. 7 as family #46:
Razor, Sarah, 61, farmer; Henry, 30; Jackson, 17; Elizabeth, 25; Martha, 20. All born in Kentucky.

(Cross Roads was the old name of Farmers, its full nomeclature being Farmers’ Cross Roads.)

1880 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Cross Roads precinct, enumerated 1 June, lists on p. 5 as family #37/42:
Razor, Henry, 40, single, farmer; Jackson, 39, brother, single, farmer; Martha, 29, sister, single; Sarah, 71, mother, widowed. All born Ky Ky Ky.

1900 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Farmers precinct, enumerated 24 June, lists on p. 19B as family #335/337:
Razor, Jackson, 57, b. Nov 1842, single, farmer. Green, Elizabeth, sister, 56, b. May 1844, widowed, mother of 4 children, 4 living. Razor, Martha, sister, 49, b. July 1850, single. Traylor, James, boarder, 20, b. Jan 1880, single, farm laborer. All born Ky Ky Ky.
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